Landyacht photos from France...

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…at the recent regatta held at Fort Mahon on the hard sand beach facing the English Channel. Photo credits to Claude Travers.

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…and some more by a young man who goes by the name of Mid-mil

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Here’s some pix of the French “scabbard” rig concept as done by a fellow calling himself Titi28. Note the tensioned pocket luff sleave. The spar is a bendy unstayed carbon rod, which I’m sure offers much in the way of effective gust absorbsion, similar to the Footy McRig concept.

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Here’s a couple videos from the recent event at Fort Mahon beach, France. The credit for both videos goes to a fellow named Zakkat.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v77e_fortmahon-140608-classe-2_sport
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v87f_fortmahon-140608-classe-3_sport

It appears that they were sailing a “reach-reach” course which surprised me because the wind was strong enough to be running a windward-leeward course.

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Hi Bill!
Do you mind giving me info on how to get hold of the sail material that was shown in landyacht photos from France… I’m using mylar single matt from USA. I guess and other materials like rip stop they use for kites? Thanks!

awie1753

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Hello awie,
I’m not sure what fabric is being used in those photos. It appears to be Mylar reinforced with a polyester scrim. The leading edge fabric might be spinnaker fabric. Personally, I have been using 3 or 4 mil (a mil is 1/1000 inch) Mylar which is fairly stiff, but I like the way it holds a smooth airfoil shape at speed on pavement. You might check out fabrics being used by the kite maker suppliers such as http://ecom.citystar.com/hang-em-high/ushop/index.cgi . A fairly common fabric used by model sailboaters is known as TriSpi, which is reinforced thin Mylar. Lighter grade Mylar (1.6-2.0 mil) is also commonly used.

I’d be really interested in learning more about your model. Do you have some photos?

Regards,
Bill
IRCSSA US 66
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